Mairengo / Mairencho

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symbol - shield - anchor - 3

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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: B&W photograph of 1888 in Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz (Neuenburg: Verlag von Gebrüder Attinger, 1902-1910): 3. Band, Seite 274 [http://elexikon.ch/1888_bild/43_0284-2?HiRes=1#Bild_1888] [accessed 16 May 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mairengo TI. Kirche San Siro (Pfarrkirche); Innenansicht gegen den Doppelchor; zwei Chorbögen, zwei Hochaltäre; Holzdecke."

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1925 by Rudolf Singgeler [www.helveticarchives.ch/detail.aspx?ID=71708] [accessed 16 May 2015]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arno Carpi, 1969

Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10240MAI
Church/Chapel: Chiesa parrocchiale di San Siro
Church Location: 6763 Mairengo, Svizzera -- Tel.: 091 866 10 77 (Municipio/Rathaus)
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Ticino / Tessin
Directions to Site: Located in the NW part of the canton, N of Giornico, on the road towards the St. Gothard tunnel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi de Lugano [formerly in the Diocesi di Milano]
Historical Region: Val Leventina
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: church here documented by 1171 -- "Chiusa tutto l'anno. Chiavi presso signora Emilia Longhi, Mairengo (tel. 091 866 13 03)." [www.ticino.ch/it/commons/details/Chiesa-di-S-Siro/5125.html] [accessed 15 May 2015]
Listed in Suisse romane (1958) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Marcionetti (1969) identifies shields and anchors on the sides of the font at Mariego; the anchor, writes Marcionetti (ibid.), is symbolic of "la certezza di Dio", that helps the Christian soul in its navigation through the rough seas of life, a symbol of the Hope, defined in St. Paul as the anchor of the soul. The font appears to be of a roughly rectangular shape, with large rounded bulges [presumably these are the 'shields'] on three of the sides; Marcionetti (ibid.) reports the front face of the basin "parzialmente compromessa", and his single illustration does not provide much more information. [NB: the mention of shields in Marcionetti' description (ibid.) raises a question on the dating of this sight-unseen font, since shields are not usually found in fonts of the Romanesque period].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.48914, 8.7874
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 29′ 20.9″ N, 8° 47′ 14.64″ E
UTM: 32T 483684 5148419

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)?
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular?

REFERENCES

Burmeister, André, Suisse romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1958
Marcionetti, Isidoro, Antiche vasche battesimali del Ticino, Lugano: Labor Arti Grafiche S. A., 1969